Hie Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 4, NO. 30
tOCAL PEOPLE
ARE GUESTS
AT OUTING
Approximately Four Hundred Attend
Event*, At Sliver Lake Saturday
*
I Approximately four hundred peo
ple comprising employes and mem
bers of their families, of the Caro
mount division of Sidney Blumen
thal and company, took part in a
picnic and barbecue dinner at Sil
ver Lake on Saturday. The outing
. '/sponsored by the Caromount Athle
tic Association was the third annual
event of its kind.
Dinner was served at one o'cloek,
following a series of games and con
tests for children and adults, parti
cipants in wafer sports being pre
dominant due to the torrid weather.
Later in the afternoon guests of
th§ association took part in an old
fashion square dance, the music for
which wm furnished by employes
of the company adept with musical
instrument^.
"V"Following is a list'of the winners
in the «m>cob tests:
For childrens' games: Elisabeth
Davis, Bflly Ezzeli, Opal Bzsell,
German Exzell. Irene Eaper and
Contests for grown-ups: Annie
Pearl Davis, Constance Taylor and
Stover Bristow, Ernest Taylor,
I dy Woodward, Tommy Hudson.
Voodrow Had
dle, James Bonis, W. L. Parker.
Set-back contests: Mrs. Stover
Bristow, Miss Qonstance. Taylor, J.
E. Thompson, J. 6. Farmer, Ist
nrima; Hubert Trevathan and Wor
- ley Edwards, 2nd prises.
Checkers: iln. Bristow, Mrs. Den
son and Mrs. Sutton, Flavins Sim
■ Mas, Jtolie Robinson and P. F. Bi%•
mons.
Square dancing: Mamie Campbell
(Tap dancing. Shirley Bills and
iASH HAS ONE
GRADEACAFE
rts Place, in Ceenty AM
Otaae*v *m> 9*m »•*
Days To Ctmm Up
Of public eating places in Nash
* county outside of Rocky Mount, one
i
ray Linker of the atate board of
health and M. E. Strickland, Nash
county sanitary inspector, Mr. Strick
land saijl today.
Eight places received grade B,
.Que grade 0, and four were given
no grade for failing to meet state
sanitary requirements. Public e*t
. ing places scoring less than 70 are
operating in violating of the state
hotel and cafe law, Mr! Strickland
explained, and a r e subject to pro
secution unless the management
discontinues operating until neces
sary improvements are made. Two
of the places inspected in Nash
county were given 10 days to re
. jJair and clean up, and two others
I were ordered to close.
* Those places scoring from 90 to
100 were awarded grade A; from 80
to 90. grade B; from 70 to 80, grade
C. The State inspectors recommend
k ed that the public look for the
' grade placards in eating places and
b intronize those places with highest
■ ratings.
The grades and scores of Nash
County eating places were announced
as follows:
Grade A •- ■
Vick's Cafe, Nashville 90.5 -• >
Grade B
Hotel Carolina, Nashville 89
Wayside Inn, Nashville, Hy 87.5
** ■ Buck Overton's, Nashville Hy. 87
Privette's Cafe, Bpring Hope 83
(First inspection July 2: 65.5)
Puroil Station, Nashville ' 83!
The Spot, Whitakers 81. 5
Sea Level Lodge, Wilson Hy. 80
Grade C
Kelley's Lunch, City Airport 71.5
No Grade
Finch's Cafe, Bailey 62*
I * High's Hot Dog, Middlesex 57*
Haines S. Station, 29.5
A & E 8 Station, Battleboro
•Note: Given 10 days to clean up
and make necessary improvements
The last two places named were or
dered closed.
J.k.
' Prison Gamp For
Negro Prisoners
Whit* Exchanged For Nt'
|, l&oen From Smlthfield
'/ In consequence of a plan to sep
arate white and Negro highway pri
soners, the white prisoners fron
Captain H. S. Wellons' prison cam(
here have been transferred to £
Smithfield camp, it was learned her*
today.
Negro prisoners from Sinithfielc
were brought here in exchange. Th(
number of prisoners now at the loca
prison camp is about the same %
before, an official stated today, an(
the only difference is that only Ne
gro prisoners are kept here.
The plan of segregating white anc
Negro prisoners was announced b;
W. R, Brooks of Wilßon, superin
I tendent of the. fourth district of thi
I ) state highway and public works com
L- Vmission. ,
IN WASHINGTON j
WHAT 1
IS* /
TAKING 1
\ PLACE
BY
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UNITED
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Stunned by the death of the able
and beloved Majority Leader of the
United States Senate, Joseph T. Rob
inson, and with faces stern from
chofcad emotions and suppressed
tear*, Senators are prepared to alone
their ranks and carry on. Now at
his final resting place in the gtate
which gav* him to the country for
long year* o/ useful Joe
Robinson would hsve wished that
the things he left undone be fin
ished.
*>r upon the list of things tol
which the Congress must give atten
tion is the problem or farm legisla
tion. The President has Stressed ita
importance. T&o leadership of both
ia ,tho benefit from>«i>teiye ap
proaches to crucial national prob
lems *« fi&Mvl dWWd*. The
farmer has a*ery reason to expeet
action be/are .Congress adjourns. And
it xhottld be aouhd coeatrootive ac
tion.
Fortunately, legislation bearing Ad
ministration approval and supported
by large farm groups, has already
beep introduced i# tjhe SOUf«. A
to h* introduced ia the Senate. Hear
ings JPiajr develop shortly. At these
hearings those familiar with the Gon
dii tons and problems of agriculture
in the £k>uth will see that the righta
of the -Southern farmer are safer
guarded.
The pending legislation frankly
recognises that the production and
national basic industries and ttiata-
Sttity la necessary to the general
j /jfe gnuj; that j^yl
who produeea these commodities are
subject to uncontrollable natural
causes. It recognises that farmers
are so situated that they «*nnot or
ganise effectively, ss can labor and
industry, for joint economic action.
J} recognises that farmers, in meat
cfsea, carry on their operations with
borrowed money or leased lands.
' Equally as important, the proposed
legislation recognizes that farmers
cannot control existing conditions
and excessive supplies without Fed
eral intervention. There is general
agreement that disorderly marketing
of excessive supplies burdens and
obstructs foreign and interstate
commerce; interferes with orderly
marketing; reduces prices and causes
a disparity between prices for agri
cultural commodities and the indus
trial products
Obviously, space will not permit a
full discussion of pending farm leg
islation in the brief space of this
column. But the highlights can be
cited. The proposed legislation au
thorizes the Secretary of Agriculture
to prepare adjustment contracts for
submission to farmers, covering op
erations with respect to commodities
planted to be harvested in 1938,
1939, and 1940. It provides for parity
payments commencing in 1938 in
lieu of soil-conserving payments. It
provides for a Surplus Reserve Loan
Corporation. And it also proyides
consumer safeguards.
Perhaps one of the most important
phases of the proposed legislation
has to do with marketing quotas. It
is here that is found the essential
difference between the House bill
and the Measure to be introduced
in th Senate. The Senate bill would
provide for marketing agreements by
a two-thirds vote of approval by
farmers concerned.
The important section ten (a) of
the House bill says: "Whenever on
the thirtieth day prior to the be
ginning of the marketing year for
any major agricultural commodity
the Secretary (of Agriculture) has
reason to believe that the total sup
ply thereof, as of the beginning of
such marketing year, will exceed the
normal supply thereof by more than
the following percentage, cotton fif
teen per cent; wheat, twenty per
cent; field corn, ten per cent; to
bacco, ten per cent; on rice, ten
per cent —then the Secretary shall
within fifteen days thereafter hold,
at a convenient place within the prin
cipal area or areas where the com
modity is produced, public hearings
for the purpose of ascertaining tho
facts with respect to the total supply
of the commodity."
The new agricultural building at
Graham has been occupied by exten
sion workers in Alamance County,
says W. H. Kimrey, assistant farm
agent.
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New York—The cost of the New
York World's Fair of 1939 will be
. $125,000,000 or more, of which sum
the Fair Corporation will spend
about $50,000,000 for construction
and operation.
Yancey County's cherry crop is the
largest in years, reports G. W. Smith
farm agent. Housewives are canning
the surplus crop.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1937
NASH CRACKS
DOWN HARD ON
VIOLATORS
Nashville, July 21.—Six Nash co
unty filling station operators found
guilty on the evidence of ABC-hir
ed detectives of selling liquor, two
of them women, received fines and
six to 12 months suspended sen
tences in Judge L. L. Davenport's
Nash county recorder's court today.
The suspended sentences were sus
pended on condition the defendants
not violate liquor laws or operate
filling stations for two years.
After hearings all day yesterday
as to the guilt or innocence of the
filling station operators, arrested
whole-sale last week-end on the evi
dence of detectives who said they
had bonght liquor from them, Judge
Davenport heard further evidence to
day in preparation to passing sen
tences.
As the evidence had been conclud
ed and Judge Davenport was on the
point of issuing sentences to the
circle of tense defendants, the
court enjoyed a laugh at a strange
ly prophetic phomegtaph in a *tore
across the street, from jrhich in
through the courtroom windows came
the mournful strain* of "Birming
ham Jail."
Out of £2 defendants arrested in
the round-up ia Naah count, only
one was found not guilty and nol
proves were taken it to three oth
ers.
Passing sentence today. Judge Dav
enport commented, "There la s«m«
discussion of the manner of getting
evidence ... I feel the ABC board
should spend a cftrtfiu amount of
money la thU manner"
Mrs. Alma Heater, pleading guil
ty to two charges, received S2OO fine
and 12 months in jaU to be assigned
to labor, that sentence to be »ua
pended on payment ftf S2OO. and
further on eoadMtan the defendant
be of good behavlw and not vio
late the liquor laws and not operate
her service station in the future. The
conditions will continue in force.
Judge Davenport stated, until Mrs.
Hester sells her Nash county Ml
viae station. H prater
to »eri» a straight jail aeatence im
mediately, he added, a aix monapa
sentence would he sufficient.
Grady Bartholomew, operator of 
the Ailing station fprmerly known
.as the Wagon Wheel on thp Battle
boro highway, and Leroy Pullen, his
psaiatant) mn sentenced to pay to
gether #2OO and fd"> received 12
months road tsrm* each, the road '
terms to be suspended on good bp- .
havior for two on condition ,
that they not. own, operate or work
in a filling Statio afar tjro years.
Instead of supended sentence, Judge
Davenport stated, two young men -
could serve straight six months term
immedately, if they preferred.
*lsmee E. Westray, operator of
Buddie Tom's place on the Nash
ville highway, and Victor Butning,
his assistant, received fix mofnth.
road terms to be suspended on pay
ment of SSO together and on the
condition they do not own. operate,
or work in a filling station, do not
violate the liquor laws and are oth
erwise of good behavior, for two
years. If they elected to serve road
terms now, the judge said, they
would get off with four months
each.
Mrs. Myrtle Bryant, operator of
the old Gillette place, pleading
guilty to two counts, was sentenced
to pay (50 and to serve six months
in jail, the jail sentence to be sus
pended on condition she not own,
operate or work in a filling station
for two years, and that she not vio
late the liquor laws and otherwise
be of good behavior for two years.
If she preferred to go to jail, the
judge stated, four months would'be
sufficient.
In the case of Leo B. Stroup, one
of the operators of Parkway fiilling
station near here, found guilty 0 n
two counts, prayer for judgment
was continued until August 3 when
Bill Staton, the other operator of
Parkway, is to be tried on three
counts.
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Mrs. Mary Postell
Dies In Hospital
Mrs. Mary L. Postell, 47, a resi
dent of Enfield, died at a local hos
pital early Sunday morning follow
ing an illness of four weeks.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from
the home of her daughter, Mrs. N.
N. Barnes, 719 Long Avenue. Rev.
W. O. Rosser, Missionary Baptist
minister of Whitakers, officiated as
sisted by Rev. C. W. Goldston, pas
tor of the Clark Street Methodist
church. Interment followed in the
family plot at Pineview cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
J. 8. Postell; five children by a
former marriage, Mrs. N. N. Barnes,
Mrs. J. L. Barnes, Mrs. J. T. Dun
can of Norfolk; James Watson, and
Tom Watson; three sisters, Mrs.
George Shearin of Halifax; Mrs. 8.
O'Neal of Roanoke Rapids, and Mrs.
Will Joyner of Roanoke Rapid*;
and two brothers, John Parker of
Robersonville and Herbert Parker of
Parksford, Pa.
New York—Along the esplanade*
and other avenues of the New York
World's Fair of 1939, 50,000 com
fortable benches will be provided
for the welcome benefit of the foot
weary.
Tommy Westbrook left Monday for
Baltimore, Md. to enter a hospital as
an attendant.
Plans Oakland-Moscow Flight
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vS&tif' MS
Jimmy M»ttem, of «raund-th»-world flying tame, U p'-""'~y a non
stop flight from Oiklind, Cam, to Moaeow. Ht win DM » I anftlMiil
twin-angincd transport plana and plana to atart about tha mtddla at 4ug-
Kit Jfci# whptfaar to talta a navigator along or nty oa i
PfUoV wt»M» • *MUw» # hip n*w pLaoa.
Old People Need Money ffop
It is indeed unfortunate that the administration of the
Old Age Pension law waa not started in June rather than
July. Many of tiair old people destitute, receiving a bare
existence from the hands of charity through the County
Weffgxe Office aire being denied this mere pittance dur
ing the month of July and it does not yet appear when
they will receive anything to keep their body add soul to
gether. We have in mind a case of an old man, eighty-four
years of age, sick and helpless, without relatives, who
has been receiving four dollars per month, and is being
denied his support this month and is forced to depend on
the slijpshod handouts from suoh friends as pass by and
hand him a morsel. We do not know who is responsible
for this condition. The County evidently expected
the Old Age Pension law to be put into effect the first of
July and that they would be relieved of this responsibil
ity. Whether it is the fault of the State Welfare Depart
ment which is administering the Old Age Pension law, com
missioners being appointed by the Governor, or not, we
are ..not prepared, to say, but one thing we do know is the
responsibility for the aged and infirm rests upon the Coun
ty and it is our duty to see that these unfortunates do not
suffer, pending the slow process of putting into effect the
Old Age Pension law.
As we have stated before, the law should be adminis
tered in the spirit of humanity and in accordance with
the true purpose of the act sooner than undertake to make
it a crutch to relieve the State and County of the burden
of the poor. It was intended to give old age a security, not
just to prevent starvation. There are many old people
now having to depend on sons and daughters who have
large families of their own and are dividing with their pa
rents as they should do. In this instance these old folks,
even though they may not be facing starvation, are en
-1 titled to be placed on the Old Age Pension list when they
are in need and have no property, and particularly, where
their keep is having to come from their sons and daughters
who have burdens of their own almost too heavy to bear.
SACRED JUDGES FALSE CLAIM
We have always respected our form of Government and
its institutions founded by our forefathers, but at no time
have we ever read in history where our fathers in estab
lishing this Government contended that what they had ac
complished was sacred. Yet, we read in the paper where
such men as Senator Glass, Senator Byrd, Senator Bai
ley and others of like feather are proclaiming through a
highly subsidized press in control of the great special in
terest of this country that the Supreme Court is a sa
cred institution, presided over by sacred men, most of
whom before appointments to the bench were highly paid
corporation lawyers. It will be remembered that Black
stone, the great writer, in giving a definition of a corpora
tion, said "it was a man without a soul." Still, these law
yers are classed as sacred gods. Even the chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, Senator Wheeler, gave out a state
ment, requesting the President to withdraw his support to
the bill because it appeared that he was fighting God and
probably that was the reason that Senator Robinson was
taken. In the old days, Senator Wheeler would have been
tried for blasphemy as they used to try people in the old
country for witchcraft.
Our experience is that most judges are human, some
very human, and some greatly lacking in humanity, but
we have more faith in the human judge than those who
pose as handing down decisions direct from the throne of
God. We know that God in times past has used weak ves
sels to do wonderful things, but this court proposal is the
first time that we have ever heard of judges being sacred.
If you sit around the court very much, you will soon find
out how sacred they are. They are certainly not infalli
ble.
THE BOND ISSUE
There seems to be some confusion in town according to
inquiries which have come to us from citizens over the
present bond issue. Our understanding is that the money
derived from this bond issue will be spent on needed im
provements to the electric light plant in order to provide
power for Rocky Mount's future normal growth. How
ever, for the last few days, we have had several inqui
ries from citizens to know if some of this money would
not be used for building a depot for the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad at South Rocky Mount. We informed them
that it was not our understanding and in order to clarify
this situation, we think it would be well for the Mayor
to issue a statement outlining just what this money is to
, be used for, because there is honest confusion over it from
the questions that we have been asked.
POWER PLANT BUILDERS
PLANNED FOR EXPANSION
COUNTY GETS
$35,000 FOR
SANITORIUM
Tarboro, July 20.—County Auditor
M. L. Laughlin was in receipt of
$35,000 today from the PWA at
Washington, as part of the outright
gift on the new 70 per cent finish
ed county home and tuberculosis
sanitoriuqi.. near town.
The building when completed in
September will cost $148,000 partly
furnished. Of this amount th egov
ernment gave an outright grant of
♦45,000 ($35,000 received today bal
ance on completion) and the coun
ty issued s7sfioo in bonds, and paid
the rest from surplus.
Started last October, when complet
ed it will be one of five finest co
unty buildings in the state.
First Old Age
rW-.
is Mailed
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Raleigh, Jnly 81.—North Carolina's
first chick to a recipient of Old Age
Assistance Tent today to Betty Sor
rell Adams, 307 N. Maple Street,
Durham, N. C.
J. A- Stewart, auditor for the Di
vision of Assistance, officiated at a
zinc plate bearing the name and ad
dress and the amount was placed In
a machine and inscribed on a blank,
check.
Mrs. Adams' grant was $lO for
July,, and she U to get the same
amount monthly. Her certified ap
plication, Stewart said, listed her
age as 71 and her as
Cary. She listed income of 50 eenta
a yeek from ppwing and property
consisting of a few dollars in cash,
a few pieces of furniture and her
clothes.
Other checks for Durham recip
ients also will be drawn at ones,
I Stewart said, as thai county was
first to send in certified applica
tions. The Durham County welfjyre
department will diatrlbute them.
Former Resident Is
Minister to Illinois
John H. Westbrook, son of tho
late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Westbrook
of here who is well known locally,
will assume dutiea as minister of the
Central Congregational church in
Galesburg, HI., Sept. 1, it was stat- 1
ed in a communication received here.
Mr. Westbrook has been serving
as assistant minister of the Asylum
Hill Congregational church in' Har
tford, Conn.
Galesburg, the seat of Knox Col
lege is understood to have a Con
gregational church of a large and
active membership.
Noted Minstrel
Here On July 30
Lasses White And Honey Wilds
Bringing Cast Of 75 Persona
And Orchestra
Lasses White, popularly termed
the "nation's number one minstrel
man," offering the latest in black
faced comedy, will bring his big
show to Rocky Mount on the night
of July 30, advance men of the
show announced today.
With White will be Honey Wilds,
the other member of the inimitable
"Lasses and Honey" team who rose
to popularity with A 1 -G. Fields min
strel and later, Lasses White's own
show. Supporting them will be a
cast of 75 persons, a ten piece or
chestra, and 15 vaudeville acts.
The huge cast includes a bevy of
chorus girls, Uncle Ezra "Slim"
Williams and his radio Barn Dance
Revue. The Revu© is studded with
such nationally known stars as the
Cannon Sisters, Red Jenks and his
magic trumpet, fitan Stanley and
Wyley Kilpatric, the dancer.
A new interpretation of Hawaiian
songs and dances will be presented
by "Lamoaa" and her troupe of
tropical dancers. This troupe has
been widely hailed over the large
circuits as a distinct novelty and
acclaimed as an authentic transla
tion of Hawaiian folk songs and
dances.
Th e show, with comfortable seat
ing capacity for 3,500 travels in a
fleet of its own trucks and carries
two electric plants for special light
ing effects. It will show on the
Duke's show ground and doors will
open at 7 P. M. The show will
start at 8 P. M.
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SI.OO PER YE AM
Allowance For Expansion Now Need
ed Was Made In Desriffninff
Plant, Gay Explains
Dangers of operating the city pow
er plant without increasing the elec
tricity capaeity, as the $500,000
bond issue to be voted on next
Tuesday would do, were stated in a
resolution, adopted yesterday by the
board of directors of the Chamber
of Commerce.
The resolution, endorsing the pro
posed improvement of the power
plant and urging citizens to vote
for the bond issue, was presented
to the Chamber of Commerce direc
tors by R. R. Gay, who as former
chairman of the aldermen's old pow
er plant and led the early fight
against private utility companies
who tried desperately to strangle
the infant city plant.
When the power plant was built,
Sir. Gay recalled, there was some
criticism that the plant was too
large for Rocky Mount. The alder
men's committee foresaw the in
creasing demand for electricity and
the growth of the city, he said, and
acto&lly designed the power plant
with an allowance for the expansion,
that is sow requested.
Consumption of electric current
from the city plant has increased M
per cent daring the past ire year*
and is continuing to increase, Mr,
Gay's resolution stated.
The resolution jrhicli JTM adopted
f otloys:
WHEREAS, it appears from in
formation furnished by the city of
ficials the jpreae|U pojrer plfat in
inadequate to tftke care of the
present and the future needs of
the city for the following reasoms:
First, the capacity of the present
plant is only 3400 KW including the
1900 KW of the old plant which in
unreliable and during the past fall
and winter the Pe*k load reached
5500 KW and in case of a break
down at the largest unit, namely
the 5000 KW. we frould not hay# suf
ficient electric po,wer to furnish the
tisers, which would not only be an
inconvenience but would be a red
loss sustained by an interruption
their plants. Second, the figured
ahoy that lot the last five
the consumption of electric energy
from our plant has Increased M
per cent and with a normal growth
It shows very conclusively that the
output of the present plant' could
not take oars of our needs to «ay
nothing of a breakdown.
Third, from information furnish
ed by the city officials The
new units can be purchased and in
stalled at no real cost to the citi
zens of Rocky Mount by reason of
the fact that the increased efjicieji
cy in operallon of the more modeni
machinery will result in savings suf
ficient to more than amortize the
proposed investment.
Now therefore, be it resolved that
the Board of Directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce endorse this pro
posal and urge the citizens of Rocky
Mount to vote for the bond issue
on July 27th, and be it further re
solved that a committee from the
Chamber of Commerce be appointed
to appear at the next meeting of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce, Kl
wanis Club, Civitan Club and Rot
ary Club and present the facts jn
regard to the proposed bond issue, in
brief statement.
POWER FUTURE
IS IN BALANCE
"The future of municipal owner
ship of Rocky Mount's power plant
depends on the outcome of the bond
election July 27," R. R. Gay, Chair
man of the Nash County commis
sioners, prominent local citizen,
and former chairman of the power
plant committee of the board of
aldermen for more than 20 years,
today expressed his feelings about
the $500,000 bond issue which citi
zens will vote ou a week from to
day.
"If the bond issue passes, the
power plant can be enlarged and
the people of Rocky Mount will con
tinue to enjoy a double profit from
low electricity rates and low taxes.
"If the bond issue fails, it will
mean the end of the city power
plant. The victories of the early
struggle between the city power
plant and private power companies,
and the benefits in service and
money saved that come from a muni
cipally owned plant would be lost.
"I am heartily in favor of the
expansion of the power plant and
I believe that failure of tho bond
issue July 27 would be a serious
blow to Rocky Mount."
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Tobacco in Forsyth County is mak
ing some improvement after flea
beetle attacks, but still presents a
ragged appearance.